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WILLIAM El'. SALDEE, OE BEDFORD,-IN`DIANA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO OLIVER MCLAHLAN. OF OOLITIC, INDIANA.-

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Speccaton of Letters Patent. Patented D80. 22, 1914:.

Application filed September 21, 1914. Serial No. 862,638.

th seipal. objects of this invention is to ide a toy which will simulate a nuA or cowboys ldancing upon a plat 'io d sing revolvers, and means for op lf the totVT by hand.

ya i r object of the invention is to provide an amusement toy which shall be of simple Construction and which can be or operated by hand and which can be at comparatively low cost.. and other objects may be'attained oli' ie con vruetion illustrated in f oompang lng drawing, in which:-

'A speetive view of the "toy l is a central verticai section of he men being remoyed.

ng to the drawing the numeralyl ates a platform which may be eiror other shape, and connected to Athe erm is a casing 2 said easing being m booted underneath the platform and i with a closed head 3. A tube 4 .nds through the easing and through the lower end. The tube -l extends loosely rl. the the Yplatform and casing. and a side the easing serves as a stop to .iper end oi' thevtube -f 'is a threaded or pin S# and mounted on said pin oort or hanger S having four equi- 'arms, having at their outer ends inextending hooks Q and spaced some l therefrom having outwardly eX A, spring f3 surrouiuls` the easing "2 and bears :zt-one the collar 7 while tlif opposite underside ot' the ill@ orm and a portion of the central' ioi'm, said tube having a handle 5 at its guard movement of the casing.

piaft'form. The cowboys vand the tenderfoot 12 are suspended from the bars 9 by means of eyes 13 and the bars 9 are adjustable relatively to the platform by'the threaded pin. The arms 'and legs of l'the cowboys and tenderoot are flexible and hence will assume various movement of the platform. The platform is moved relatively to the men by means of a cord orwire 14 which extends through the handle and through thel tube /land the upper end of the oord or wire is connected to a wire clip or fastener l extending through the tube 4 and secured to the platform 1.- The tube 4 is slotted at 16 to permit the clip to move up down in the tube.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that thetoy will be operated by pulling the string or wire 14 to pull the platform down slightly and by letting the string" go the men are made to dance and assume all sorts of grotesque positions,

Various changes may be made in the detail of the construction without departing Jfrom the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

l/Yhat is,claimed is 1. A dancing'oowboy toy y'comprising a platform, a casing connected to the platormg, a tube extending through the casing andplatform and provided with a'handle, a supporting bar -adjustably connected to the upper end of the tube and provided with outwardly and inwardly extending hooks, and figures of men being suspended from Athe supporting bars and means for moving the platform up and'down relatively to the men. z

2. A dancing cowboy toy comprising a tube, a platform mounted loosely on the tube, a supporting member at `the upper end of the tube, dancing figures loosely suspended'from the member, and means for raisingand lowering the. platform Yrela.- tively to the bar.

3. A dancing toy 'comprising a hollow tube, a platform sldably mounted on said tube, a slot in the tubea bracket secured to the platform and extending through said being adapted for -moving the platform slot, a shoulder on said tube, a spring sur- .against the expansion of the spring. 1u rounding the tube between the shoulder and In testimony whereof I afx my signature the platform, a supporting member adjustin presence oftwo Witnesses.

ably mounted on the upper end of said tube, WILLIAM H. SALADEE. dancing figures mounted on the suliportng Witnesses: member, and a cord secured to said bracket j CRAWFORD JOHNSON, and extending through the tube, the cord EzRA SIBERT. 

